Swedish Picture Book of the Year / Come Home Laila

current exhibitions

In springtime every year, a jury selects the best Swedish
picture book amongst last year's releases. This year, the prize
goes to Eva Lindström's Kom hem Laila [Come home Laila], a
warm and playful story about adventure and longing. Eva Lindström
receives the award Friday 15 March during Littfest, Umeå
International Literature Festival. During the Art Friday
the same evening, Bildmuseet will open an exhibition showcasing the
award winning picture book.

In the picture book Kom hem Laila,text lines
full of promise
interact with images of both lightness and gravity. In the prize jury's
motivation it is described as a "picture book
narrative capable of
reducing text and image until a point where the mind can move
freely."

The picture book is an art form that speaks to all ages. The
Snöbollen [The Snowball] award for the best Swedish
picture book of the year recognises the picture book as an artistic
medium. The prize is an initiative by the association Krumelur, the
Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers,
Kulturföreningen Pilgatan, the county library of Västerbotten,
mittuniversitetet, Littfest, and Bildmuseet, Umeå University.

The exhibition opens in the presence of the prize-winner during
the Art Friday event with Littfest on March 15.